MONTPELIER, Vt.Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to signed a bill calling on manufacturers of light bulbs containing mercury to set up and pay for a recycling program for the bulbs.

When Shumlin signs the bill Thursday, Vermont will become the third state in the country -- behind Maine and Washington -- to pass what's called a producer responsibility law for mercury-containing products.

Lamps containing mercury, including compact fluorescent bulbs, are praised for saving energy. But mercury is a known nerve poison and is a cause of concern when released into the environment.

>> manufacturers of light bulbs containing mercury to set up and pay for a recycling program for the bulbs

Do the Chinese respect Vermont law? This should be interesting.

Maybe we can send those freighters BACK to china loaded with used CFLs.

On the other hand, maybe the Chinese will tell Vermont to go pound sand. Incandescents will be illegal, CFLs will be illegal, you can’t burn candles because of globull warming... everything in Vermont will shut down at dark.

Nine months later, the population of Vermont will explode!

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posted on 05/21/2011 6:11:10 AM PDT
by Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)

my CFs goes right in the garbage...efff them if they insist upon requiring these ......

I buy them on sale and they do save me money on power...which is my only reason for buying them...

we need to look towards Germany....when incandescent bulbs were banned there...some clever entrepreneurs re marketed them as small heaters...(kind of like you would use in a poultry incubator)....I dont use incandescent bulbs that much, but I do demand the govt keeps their hands off of them....

The government passes laws which require higher usage of CFLs, then passes more laws saying that the private companies producing the very product which government is forcing us to rely on, are responsible for the unintended consequences of the laws passed by the government.

Positively Randian.

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posted on 05/21/2011 6:28:30 AM PDT
by snowrip
(Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)

That's where the one I accidentally broke went, to their credit, I haven't had one actually die yet and I've been using them for a couple of years. I use them in some areas of my house but in others, it will always be the good old 100 watt old style. I'm well on my way to having a life time supply and like every other conservative here, I detest government telling me what kind of bulbs I must use.

OTH, I have two wall lamps in one hall way that have the same 75 watt bulbs in them since I moved in almost 20 years ago.

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posted on 05/21/2011 6:52:32 AM PDT
by Graybeard58
(Eccl 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)

“...Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to signed a bill calling on manufacturers of light bulbs containing mercury to set up and pay for a recycling program for the bulbs...”
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Sounds like just some more liberal “feel good” legislation since none of these bulbs are manufactured in Vermont.

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posted on 05/21/2011 6:52:37 AM PDT
by Repeal The 17th
(Proud to be a (small) monthly donor.)

I have found that the ones outside (latern over my front doors etc) and the ones in my bathroom have much shorter life spans than are claimed...I suppose the dampness is getting into the electronics...

when I had my kitchen remodeled 2 years ago the electrician put in halogen flood lights, in the 7 high hats....

not only did they make my electric meter spin like a top, I had to open windows in the winter because it was too hot to stay in the kitchen....those halogens were replaced with CF Floods....

This is a great law, I’m totally for it. Mercury powder in light bulbs is rediculously stupid. Everyone just throws them in the trash, which then gets crush by the compacter on the street, and you’re children are playing in mercury dust outside all day long, this is giant ecological disaster and should be outlawed. We took one of the most dangerous substances on earth, encased it in 1/16th inch of glass, and put 20 or 30 of them in every home. Now, we just crush them in the garbage trucks out on the street and don’t think we, or our children are gonig to suffer mercury poisoning ...

This sounds okay to me. It’s a small state, so they can do things that larger ones can’t. And part of its state resources are its natural beauty and resort areas and skiing and whatnot, so they have a larger stake in keeping their state environmentally sound and healthy.

I’m remembering decades ago when “greenies” were warning about the release of mercury in oceans and waterways and the harm it could cause. Others decried that as false panic, lies, etc. Fast forward decades: The mercury has in fact caused harm; pregnant women are not supposed to eat fish, and other people are supposed to limit tuna and other kinds of fish to twice a week or something....because the fish are poisoned with mercury.

Mercury’s very dangerous, it seems.

I use both incandescent and CFLs in my house. But I just throw them both away when they burn out. I didn’t know I was supposed to do anything special with them. I mean, what could I do with them? Drive miles away to dispose of one light bulb?

You must realize what constitutes the word Vermonters.
This state has been socialized for years.

They are so poor that they cannot live without taxpayer dollars or they are so rich they don’t care.
Be on a border state on a Saturday afternoon. Vermont plates out number New Hampshire plates 3 to 1.

and why do we have to worry about mercury....its all because of big brother governement. Everytime the federal governement does us a “mandatory favor” like forcing us to buy special toxic light bulbs with no alternatives, we end up paying for it.

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